2019 Transfer Students By The Numbers

BY THE NUMBERS FALL 2019

applications submitted *

admitted student profile *

Undergraduate Enrollment

8,150 projected

3 4 OUT OF

97 %

3,697

7,881

approved TAGS were admitted for the Fall 2019 semester

of admits were from a California Community College

7,375

3,478

3,483

3.02-3.59 54 % Admit Rate GPA Range

2017

2018

2019

2017

2018

2019

*Range represents the middle 50% of admitted students. Does not include referral pool.

*Does not include referral pool.

POPULAR MAJORS FOR TRANSFER APPLICANTS

IMPORTANT DATES

UC application opens

Aug. 1

TAG application filing period Fall application filing period

Sept. 1 - 30 Nov. 1 - 30

Mechanical Engineering

Management & Business Economics

Psychology

Biological Sciences

Economics

Computer Science & Engineering

Transfer Application Update deadline Deadline to submit FAFSA** or CADAA**

Jan. 31

March 2 July 1 - 31

Spring application filing period

**Free Application for Federal Student Aid or California Dream Act Application

$18,500 90%

is the average gift aid offered to eligible UC Merced students of UC Merced students received financial aid

FINANCIAL AID

UNDERGRADUATE CAMPUS PROFILE, 2018-2019

Cultural Richness

Did You Know?

Geographic Origin of Students

55% 19% 10% 7% 3% 1% 1% <1% 5%

Chicano/Latino Asian White

Black or African-American Nonresident alien Two or more races Pacific Islander Declined to state/Unknown American Indian

29.3% Northern California

30.8% Central California

62% of new transfer students are among the first in their families to pursue a 4-year college degree

0.5% Nonresident/ International

39.5% Southern California

Apply to UC Merced at admissions.ucmerced.edu/apply

University of California, Merced Office of Admissions 5200 N. Lake Rd., Merced, CA 95343

admissions.ucmerced.edu transfer@ucmerced.edu 209-228-7178

Data Source: UC Merced Institutional Research and Decision Support

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